Public demonstrations, marches and rallies planned for May 1, 2012 in Los Angeles.
Update!
LAX workers – Over 1,000 union members will rally inside the Tom Bradley International Terminal and then march east on to Century Blvd to Avion St. Streets will be closed.
The closure will last between Noon and 4pm. Travellers should add an extra hour of drive time to arrive at the airport …

In honor of the opening of the Expo Line I’m watching and want to share this video.
Captured places with spaces of tracks – the rough, tough, knee-high, weed-growing grass, that grows through the cracks of the tracks. With graffiti-claimed viaducts, crazy-ass parking lots, backyards – piled high, and then…suddenly plain, left alone and not disturbed for some time, left to grow – in some …

From L.A. Now
Palmdale motorists with outstanding warrants for driving under the influence of alcohol had better beware, officials at the Palmdale sheriff’s station warned Friday. Deputies are coming after you.
“Many who get caught drinking and driving are under the false hope that if they simply avoid the court system, the whole thing might fade away,” Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Det. Jeff Perkins said in …

Metro Offers Free Rides on New Metro Expo Line Opening Weekend, April 28/29
The Expo Line is a new Metro Rail light-rail line under construction betweenDowntown Los Angeles and Santa Monica. Expo phase 1, from Downtown Los Angeles to La Cienega Station to open on April 28, 2012 and to Culver City in June 2012.
The opening of the new Metro Expo light rail line celebrates by offering free rides on the Expo Line during opening weekend Saturday …

New moon Darkens Skies for meteor shower
by NPR’s Dana Farrington
Tonight is a good night for a meteor shower. The Lyrids aren’t known for their flashy shows, but this year they’re getting help from a new moon.
The dark skies will be “ideal for meteor watching from the ground,” NASA says.
Kelly Beatty, senior contributing editor for Sky and Telescope magazine, tells Weekend Edition host Scott Simon …

Parking comes at a premium at Santa Monica College, home to KCRW. Some people will go to or take any lengths.
David Greene is an engineer extraordinaire here at KCRW. He snapped this picture yesterday afternoon… David referred to it as a “not so smart car”…
Now me? I call it a smart-ass car.
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